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Lynbrook honors those lost on 9/11 By DANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com
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It has been 21 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, tragedy, when two commercial jetliners were hijacked and sent crashing into the World Trade Center, causing the two historic towers to come crumbling to the ground in a cloud of dust and debris and claiming the lives of 2,977 people, including 20 from Lynbrook. The impact of those terror attacks and the rescue efforts that followed was felt by local communities across the metropolitan region and beyond. To honor the memory of those who lost their lives on that fateful day, the
lyNBRook MAyoR AlAN Beach and members of the Board of Trustees gather for the start of the 9/11 memorial ceremony.
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East Rockaway’s historic Denton Homestead up for sale By DANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com
A historic home in East Rockaway will soon hit the auction block, according to a notice of sale issued by the Nassau County Supreme Court. “It would be a shame to lose this home which was built circa 1795,” Frank Torre, a member of the Historical Society of East Rockaway and Lynbrook, wrote in an email. The Denton Homestead, at 60 Denton Ave., in East Rockaway, has been a fixture in the village for more than 200 years. Based on the judgment of foreclosure and sale issued on
June 13, by the court, the property will be put up for public auction at a price of $800,913.24, plus interest and costs. The foreclosure sale will be held on Sept. 27 at 2 p.m., on the steps on the north side of the courthouse, at 100 Supreme Court Drive in Mineola. Built as a tavern for seafarers in the late 1700s, the property was later sold and, in 1808, converted into a homestead by Oliver Denton, a wealthy real estate mogul. For four generations, the Denton family, after which Denton Avenue was named, played a significant role in the development of the Village of East Rockaway.
The home, which was moved twice over the past two centuries, retains many of its original features, including the doors, mantelpieces and hardware, which were made by 18th- and 19th-century blacksmiths. It was first recognized as a national historic landmark in 2014, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo added it to the New York State Registry of Historic Places. The designation automatically put the Denton Homestead on the National Register of Historic Places. While being added to the historic register does not give a home any official protection, it does make the property eligible for state and federal preserva-
tion grants and tax credits. Following its designation as a national landmark, the Historical Society of East Rockaway and Lynbrook presented the owner with an official historic marker from the U.S. Department of the Interior on Oct. 8, 2016, and a year later the Town of Hempstead officially granted the homestead its landmark sta-
tus, ensuring that the property would be preserved in its current form. That does not mean, however, that the property cannot be sold. Hempstead town councilman and congressional candidate Anthony D’Esposito championed the house’s landmark status in 2017. He said that while the desContinued on page 4